Investigation of the psychological condition of pregnant women of different ages

Abstract

Objective To investigate the differences of pregnant women of different ages in anxiety,social support and mood status,so as to take this discussion of possible influencing factors during pregnancy,as well as psychological support during pregnancy.Methods Totals of 90 pregnant women in the obstetric clinic were investigated with Beck anxiety inventory (BAI),social support ratting scale (SSRS) to evaluate their anxiety,social support and mood status.Results All the maternal had anxiety and mental problems,which not directly related to age (P ＞ 0.05).Social support of pregnant women more in higher age groups,lower the negative emotions (P ＜ 0.05),while no significant relation was found in the 24-30 age nurses between SSRS score and Jane type mood scale score (P ＞ 0.05).Conclusions There are anxiety,social support and mood status problems in pregnant women of different age groups.Old age pregnant women need more psychological support,so mental health education during pregnancy should be combined with community,family and many other factors to improve their utilize of support.And targeted guidance was given according to individual differences. Key words: Data collection; Age group; Psychological status; Psychological condition; Psychological support